The Tourist

(Image, 2006)
™ and ©2006 Brian Wood and Toby Cypress

An American roustabout and laconic he-man named Moss turns up in a small seaside village in Scotland and gets involved with a local café girl. The dark aura surrounding Moss gradually lifts as we learn he’s an AWOL US Army Special Forces soldier evading a criminal syndicate that he double-crossed while coordinating a drug deal. The Tourist could have been a great mystery if the back of the book didn’t also just reveal this storyline.

Brian Woods’ story builds with a quiet intensity heightened by Toby Cypress’s brash, angular black and white illustration. Woods doesn’t give Moss’ motivations much play; instead, the writer invests the emotional weight of the story in the fantasy appeal of a rough, reckless man who is basically good and ultimately seeks redemption for his many sins.

— Leland Burrill

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